Juha Mieto

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Juha Mieto

Juha Mieto
Competitor for  Finland
Men's Cross Country Skiing
Olympic Games
Gold1976 Innsbruck4 x 10 km
Silver1980 Lake Placid15 km
Silver1980 Lake Placid50 km
Bronze1980 Lake Placid4 x 10 km
Bronze1984 Sarajevo4 x 10 km
World Championships
Silver1974 Falun30 km
Silver1978 Lahti4 x 10 km
Bronze1978 Lahti50 km
Bronze1982 Oslo4 x 10 km


Juha Mieto (born November 20, 1949 in Kurikka). is a former Finnish cross country skier who competed during the 1970s and 1980s. He won five medals at the Winter Olympics. His loss to Sweden's Thomas Wassberg in the 15km at the 1980 Winter Olympics by 0.01 seconds, the closest margin of victory ever in Olympic cross-country skiing led the International Ski Federation (FIS) to round all of their times to the nearest 1/10th second in future competitions.

Mieto also won four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, with silvers in the 30 km (1974) and the 4 x 10 km (1978), and bronzes in the 15 km (1978) and the 4 x 10 km (1982, tied with East Germany). His biggest success as a cross country skier was at the Holmenkollen ski festival where he won the 50 km once (1973) and the 15 km five times (1973-1975, 1977-1978).

He received the Holmenkollen medal in 1974.

In the 2007 Finnish parliament elections he was a Centre Party candidate in Vaasa constituency, and got elected with 13 768 votes; the seventh most in the whole Finland.[1]

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Olympic champions in men's 4 x 10 km cross country relay
1936 Finland - Sulo Nurmela, Klaes Karppinen, Matti Lhde, & Kalle Jalkanen * 1948 Sweden - Nils stensson, Nils Tpp, Gunnar Eriksson, & Martin Lundstrm * 1952 Finland - Heikki Hasu, Paavo Lonkila, Urpo Korhonen, & Tapio Mkel * 1956 Soviet Union - Fyodor Terentyev, Pavel Kolchin, Nikolay Anikin, & Vladimir Kuzin * 1960 Finland - Toimi Alatalo, Eero Mntyranta, Vin Huhtala, & Veikko Hakulinen * 1964 Sweden - Karl-ke Asph, Sixten Jernberg, Janne Stefansson, & Assar Rnnlund * 1968 Norway - Odd Martinsen, Pl Tyldum, Harald Grnningen, & Ole Ellefster * 1972 Soviet Union - Vladimir Voronkov, Yuri Skobov, Fyodor Simashev, & Vyacheslav Vedenin * 1976 Finland - Matti Pitknen, Juha Mieto, Pertti Teurajrvi, & Arto Koivisto * 1980 Soviet Union - Vasily Rochev, Nikolay Bazhukov, Yevgeny Belyayev, & Nikolay Zimyatov * 1984 Sweden - Thomas Wassberg, Benny Tord Kohlberg, Jan Ottosson, Gunde Svan * 1988 Sweden - Jan Ottosson, Thomas Wassberg, Gunde Svan & Torgny Mogren * 1992 Norway - Terje Langli, Vegard Ulvang, Kristen Skjeldal & Bjrn Dhlie * 1994 Italy - Maurilio De Zolt, Marco Albarello, Giorgio Vanzetta & Silvio Fauner * 1998 Norway - Sture Sivertsen, Erling Jevne, Bjrn Dhlie, & Thomas Alsgaard * 2002 Norway - Anders Aukland, Frode Estil, Kristen Skjeldal, & Thomas Alsgaard * 2006 Italy - Fulvio Valbusa, Giorgio di Centa, Pietro Piller Cottrer, & Cristian Zorzi


Preceded by
Einar Bergsland, Ingolf Mork, & Franz Keller		Holmenkollen medal
1974		Succeeded by
Gerhard Grimmer, Oddvar Brå, & Ivar Formo
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Maamme   (Finnish)
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Cross-country skiing (also known as XC skiing) is a winter sport popular in many countries with large snowfields, primarily Northern Europe and Canada. The popularity of the sport has been quickly growing in the United States.
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The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games, were celebrated in 1976 in Innsbruck, Austria. The games were originally awarded to Denver, Colorado, United States in May, 1970 but a 300 percent rise in costs and worries about environmental
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The 1976 Winter Olympic Games cross country skiing results. The women's 3 x 5 km relay was replaced by a 4 x 5 km relay at these games.

Men's events

15 km


Medal Athlete Time
Gold  Nikolay Bazhukov 
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The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIII Olympic Winter Games, were celebrated in 1980 in Lake Placid, New York, United States of America. Another candidate city was Vancouver-Garibaldi, British Columbia, Canada; they withdrew before the final vote.
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The 1980 Winter Olympics results in cross country skiing.

Men's events

15 km


Medal Athlete Time
Gold  Thomas Wassberg (SWE) 41:57.
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The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XI Olympic Winter Games, were celebrated in 1972 in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympics to be held outside Western Europe and the USA, and only the 4th Games (summer or winter) held outside of the above
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The 1980 Winter Olympics results in cross country skiing.

Men's events

15 km


Medal Athlete Time
Gold  Thomas Wassberg (SWE) 41:57.
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The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIII Olympic Winter Games, were celebrated in 1980 in Lake Placid, New York, United States of America. Another candidate city was Vancouver-Garibaldi, British Columbia, Canada; they withdrew before the final vote.
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The 1980 Winter Olympics results in cross country skiing.

Men's events

15 km


Medal Athlete Time
Gold  Thomas Wassberg (SWE) 41:57.
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The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games, were celebrated in Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was at the time part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Other candidate cities were Sapporo, Japan; and Falun, Sweden.
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The 1984 Winter Olympic Games cross country skiing results. The women's 20 km debutted at these games.

Men's events

15 km

February 13 1984
Medal Athlete Time
Gold  Gunde Svan (SWE) 41:25.
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The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1974 took place February 16-24, 1974 in Falun, Sweden. This was the second time this city hosted the event having done so in 1954. The women's 3 × 5 km relay changed to a 4 × 5 km relay at these championships.
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The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1978 took place February 18-26, 1978 in Lahti, Finland. This was Lahti's record fourth time hosting the event after previously doing so in 1926, 1938, and 1958. The women's 20 km event was added.
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The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1978 took place February 18-26, 1978 in Lahti, Finland. This was Lahti's record fourth time hosting the event after previously doing so in 1926, 1938, and 1958. The women's 20 km event was added.
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The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1982 took place February 19-28, 1982 in Oslo, Norway at the Holmenkollen ski arena. This was Oslo's record-tying fourth time hosting the event after previously doing so in 1930, the 1952 Winter Olympics, and 1966.
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Kurikka is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 10,630 (2003) and covers an area of 465.06 km² of which 2.01 km² is water. The population density is 22.9 inhabitants per km².
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Maamme   (Finnish)
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Cross-country skiing (also known as XC skiing) is a winter sport popular in many countries with large snowfields, primarily Northern Europe and Canada. The popularity of the sport has been quickly growing in the United States.
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Winter Olympic Games are a winter multi-sport event held every four years. They feature winter sports held on ice or snow, such as ice skating and skiing.

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Gold 1980 Lake Placid 15 km
Gold 1984 Sarajevo 50 km
Gold 1984 Sarajevo 4 x 10 km
Gold 1988 Calgary 4 x 10 km
World Championships
Gold 1982 Oslo 50 km
Gold 1987 Oberstdorf 30 km
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The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIII Olympic Winter Games, were celebrated in 1980 in Lake Placid, New York, United States of America. Another candidate city was Vancouver-Garibaldi, British Columbia, Canada; they withdrew before the final vote.
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The International Ski Federation/Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS)[1] is the main international organisation of ski sports. Founded by 14 member nations in 1924 in Chamonix, France, today it has a membership of 101 national ski associations and is based in
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The International Ski Federation/Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS)[1] is the main international organisation of ski sports. Founded by 14 member nations in 1924 in Chamonix, France, today it has a membership of 101 national ski associations and is based in
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The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships have been held in various numbers and types of events since 1925 for men and since 1954 for women. Championship events include nordic skiing's three disciplines: cross country skiing, ski jumping, and nordic combined (the latter being a
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